Nutcase professors at my University

[mad0maxx]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
You know you live in China right? Your country censors the internet and runs protesters over with tanks. You don't have basic human rights, and you expect your professor to give you some slack.

Doesn't that only apply to people who claim there nationality China and live in China?

Also to the original poster... if you think your professor is nuts for telling you to leave class for disturbing the class not once but twice by arriving late and then speaking to someone even though it was just a slight whisper; you are the one who is nuts. Plus to me the teacher sending a system wide message about your conduct is not unprofessional it will tell other professors on how you act so if he ever fires you they know what type of person you are.

That is just the way I see it... but also look at it this way. What would you have done if you were in his shoes? Your student arrives late and then speaks to another student while you are giving a lecture... would you consider that rude or just blow it off?

 

[JMWarren]

Some of my prof's lock the doors when the class starts. I HATE being disturbed by inconsiderate @$$HOLE's that come in late, even more if they have a fresh coffee in their hand....couldn't make it here on time but you could stop for coffee!

/Rant

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
You know you live in China right? Your country censors the internet and runs protesters over with tanks. You don't have basic human rights, and you expect your professor to give you some slack.

I am laughing out loud here at that.

 

[Bacstar]

Originally posted by: chairbornrangerx
I got kicked out of class once for smiling, now THAT is stupid.

I can beat that....

I got kicked out of an English Lit. class due to wasting the professors oxygen, since I couldn't analyze the meaning behind some passage in some book we were reading.

 

[AnyMal]

Let's see... He's a professor, you're a student... Are you sure you got that "nublet" part right?

 

[fleshconsumed]

Well seems I'm one of the few, if not the only one with the OP. This is college, you don't have to come to class, so if they come in late, more than likely they have a reason to come in late. Many people work shifts end right before classes, or they are working on a project, or maybe the last professor went overtime (one of my professors was like that - never finished on time) etc etc etc. And most decent professors understand it and don't make a fuss out of it. Tell me, at your work how many times during the week are you late? Most employers allow up to 15 minutes late for jobs that don't require customer interaction. About whispering in the class OP's professor may not even heard it, he might have seen them and asked them out, pfffft... Yes, talking in class is bad, but occasional whispering about class material, as long as it's quiet enough not to disturb others is OK.

 

[MaxDepth]

Shouldn't you change your alias to UncleWahhhhhhh!

 

[mad0maxx]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Well seems I'm one of the few, if not the only one with the OP. This is college, you don't have to come to class, so if they come in late, more than likely they have a reason to come in late. Many people work shifts end right before classes, or they are working on a project, or maybe the last professor went overtime (one of my professors was like that - never finished on time) etc etc etc. And most decent professors understand it and don't make a fuss out of it. Tell me, at your work how many times during the week are you late? Most employers allow up to 15 minutes late for jobs that don't require customer interaction. About whispering in the class OP's professor may not even heard it, he might have seen them and asked them out, pfffft... Yes, talking in class is bad, but occasional whispering about class material, as long as it's quiet enough not to disturb others is OK.

Yeah you are right that when you are in college you have the right not to come to class. But technically it is not like that in every college for example mine requires students to come to class and if you don't you get withdrawn from the course. Yes, my college is one of the very few that still do this. But the point is that when you plan to come to college you made that tradeoff that you want to further your education to get a better paying job. So you have to choose, stay late at work and be late for class or leave early from work and make it on time to class. If your job will not work with your school schedule, get loans to help pay for college and find another job because once you graduate you have opportunities to find much higher paying jobs which in turn is the whole reason you are going to college for. Also if you have a professor who keeps you late then you have the right to leave at the exact time class is over and if the professor presses the matter further by threats of kicking you out of class go to the department chair and if he is no help then the dean of students because I can guarentee you that teachers loose their priviledge of keeping you in class if they go beyond their class time and that only shows how unprepared the teacher was in the first place.

On the side note... if you know you can not make it to class in person why not just have tried an online college? In the real world whatever you graduate with only matters for the first job and after that all they want to know is if you got the degree, degree in what and what experiences have you had.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: KK
those who can, do. those who can't, teach.

Because college professors never do any research on the side. Oh wait, all college professors teach on the side and research as their main job so am I missing your point?

 

[fleshconsumed]

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: KK
those who can, do. those who can't, teach.

Because college professors never do any research on the side. Oh wait, all college professors teach on the side and research as their main job so am I missing your point?

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000073.html

Read several paragraphs at the top. While not absolute there is some truth to it.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Originally posted by: mad0maxx

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Well seems I'm one of the few, if not the only one with the OP. This is college, you don't have to come to class, so if they come in late, more than likely they have a reason to come in late. Many people work shifts end right before classes, or they are working on a project, or maybe the last professor went overtime (one of my professors was like that - never finished on time) etc etc etc. And most decent professors understand it and don't make a fuss out of it. Tell me, at your work how many times during the week are you late? Most employers allow up to 15 minutes late for jobs that don't require customer interaction. About whispering in the class OP's professor may not even heard it, he might have seen them and asked them out, pfffft... Yes, talking in class is bad, but occasional whispering about class material, as long as it's quiet enough not to disturb others is OK.

Yeah you are right that when you are in college you have the right not to come to class. But technically it is not like that in every college for example mine requires students to come to class and if you don't you get withdrawn from the course. Yes, my college is one of the very few that still do this. But the point is that when you plan to come to college you made that tradeoff that you want to further your education to get a better paying job. So you have to choose, stay late at work and be late for class or leave early from work and make it on time to class. If your job will not work with your school schedule, get loans to help pay for college and find another job because once you graduate you have opportunities to find much higher paying jobs which in turn is the whole reason you are going to college for. Also if you have a professor who keeps you late then you have the right to leave at the exact time class is over and if the professor presses the matter further by threats of kicking you out of class go to the department chair and if he is no help then the dean of students because I can guarentee you that teachers loose their priviledge of keeping you in class if they go beyond their class time and that only shows how unprepared the teacher was in the first place.

On the side note... if you know you can not make it to class in person why not just have tried an online college? In the real world whatever you graduate with only matters for the first job and after that all they want to know is if you got the degree, degree in what and what experiences have you had.

That may be so. But having a job in the same field as the major you're graduating from while in college is very beneficial when finding first job. And a lot of times those places are very strict about hours you have to put in to keep it i.e. 20 hours a week minimum etc. As for the professor example yes, I know I can leave on time, but if he is explaining something useful in the last few minutes I don't want to miss it even if he goes overtime.

I know it may be rude to come late in the class, but I believe it's only rude if the person doesn't have a valid reason, so I still believe some allowance should be given on that account, as well as whispering in the class. Some questions are too trivial to bother professor with and best to be answered by the classmate.

 

[sygyzy]

That crazy nublet!

 

[Pepsi90919]

nublet? wtf

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: KK
those who can, do. those who can't, teach.

So that means what exactly? That professors are losers??? Please grow up!!
Alot of Professors have done and prefer to share what knowlwdge they have accumulated over time doing....

 

[mad0maxx]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed

Originally posted by: mad0maxx

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Well seems I'm one of the few, if not the only one with the OP. This is college, you don't have to come to class, so if they come in late, more than likely they have a reason to come in late. Many people work shifts end right before classes, or they are working on a project, or maybe the last professor went overtime (one of my professors was like that - never finished on time) etc etc etc. And most decent professors understand it and don't make a fuss out of it. Tell me, at your work how many times during the week are you late? Most employers allow up to 15 minutes late for jobs that don't require customer interaction. About whispering in the class OP's professor may not even heard it, he might have seen them and asked them out, pfffft... Yes, talking in class is bad, but occasional whispering about class material, as long as it's quiet enough not to disturb others is OK.

Yeah you are right that when you are in college you have the right not to come to class. But technically it is not like that in every college for example mine requires students to come to class and if you don't you get withdrawn from the course. Yes, my college is one of the very few that still do this. But the point is that when you plan to come to college you made that tradeoff that you want to further your education to get a better paying job. So you have to choose, stay late at work and be late for class or leave early from work and make it on time to class. If your job will not work with your school schedule, get loans to help pay for college and find another job because once you graduate you have opportunities to find much higher paying jobs which in turn is the whole reason you are going to college for. Also if you have a professor who keeps you late then you have the right to leave at the exact time class is over and if the professor presses the matter further by threats of kicking you out of class go to the department chair and if he is no help then the dean of students because I can guarentee you that teachers loose their priviledge of keeping you in class if they go beyond their class time and that only shows how unprepared the teacher was in the first place.

On the side note... if you know you can not make it to class in person why not just have tried an online college? In the real world whatever you graduate with only matters for the first job and after that all they want to know is if you got the degree, degree in what and what experiences have you had.

That may be so. But having a job in the same field as the major you're graduating from while in college is very beneficial when finding first job. And a lot of times those places are very strict about hours you have to put in to keep it i.e. 20 hours a week minimum etc. As for the professor example yes, I know I can leave on time, but if he is explaining something useful in the last few minutes I don't want to miss it even if he goes overtime.

I know it may be rude to come late in the class, but I believe it's only rude if the person doesn't have a valid reason, so I still believe some allowance should be given on that account, as well as whispering in the class. Some questions are too trivial to bother professor with and best to be answered by the classmate.

Yeah you are right about an late entrance with a valid excuse is acceptable but talking in class telling your neighbor how to do the homework may not be good in any case. If he does not know what the hell to do in the homework and he asks you in class he is also missing out on the current material and then he be back tomarrow asking you the same damn question but on a different problem LoL

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: KK
those who can, do. those who can't, teach.

Which is, of course, a crock of sh!t.

My wife, who is a teacher, feels the same as you.

It's really valid though...however; there are exceptions. Teaching has to be in one's soul, like getting a Masters or Ph.D to do Social work....

I have a friend that's a Master yet making less than $30k a year talking to welfare moms all day on how to properly care for their children and helping them find resources.

I would love to be a teacher myself, but the pay vs effort isn't enough to draw me and I don't need that much either.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I once had a professor who paused every few minutes and asked if there were any questions and then asked those who raised their hands to come to his office after class...Every class.

I once had a professor who took points off on tests for wrong answers. Yes, it was possible to get negative scores.

I once had a physics professor who never finished an example in his life.

 

[Fayd]

hmm

i show up every day late 5-10 minutes, and teacher never skips a beat.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
I once had a professor who took points off on tests for wrong answers. Yes, it was possible to get negative scores.

I can agree with this practice. So many just pick any answer and 'poke for hope'.

 

[s0ssos]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
There are so many nublet professors here in University of Hong Kong.
Me and my friend came to class late, may be that pissed this guy off or something.
In the middle of the class, my friend asked me a question about the hw, I replied him. Then the professor was like, "I am sorry Gentlemen, but I will have to ask you two to leave."
It was a huge WTF moment.
I also work as a TA in the department, so I have to see that nublet for another half year.

There's also another professor required us TA to help him proctor exams. Apparently I failed following his guidelines, so he sent a letter to every TA and my director about my failure.
Apparently that guy was known to stupid behaviors. He requires his TA to take picture in every TA session to have evidence of who shows up.
Jesus no wonder why the school is so sh!tty, these retarded so called professors just spent time on ridiculous minute things.

and i thought it was just in the US that we had no respect for professors. apparently your students are just as bad there. and to boot, your professors aren't as good as ours

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
I once had a professor who took points off on tests for wrong answers. Yes, it was possible to get negative scores.

I can agree with this practice. So many just pick any answer and 'poke for hope'.

The practice makes no sense. If the class is curved to get a desired final grade distribution, it won't make a bit of difference in the end, other than to piss off the students. If there's no curve and the average is a 95, then the professors need to write harder exams.

A pointless side story: I was assigned to a physics lecture with an elderly professor who mumbled in broken English and arguably lectured in his sleep (his eyes seemed to be closed half of the time). He would get through about a fourth of the material, amidst random ramblings about the Hungarian revolution, Galileo being an "arrogant S.O.B.," and many other incredibly interesting topics having nothing to do with electricity and optics. At the end of the lecture, he would give the lecture quiz on something covered in the latter fourth of his lecture notes, which it goes without saying that no one understood how to answer. Fortunately, the university didn't care which lecture one attended, as long as one's quiz was taken at one of the lectures on that day, so I quickly started going to another division that had a decent professor.

 

[HamSupLo]

any hot chicks at Hong Kong U?

 

[intogamer]

its china man....

good thing they don't whip you

 

[UncleWai]

Originally posted by: HamSupLo
any hot chicks at Hong Kong U?

Dude there are so many.... It's hard for me to not flirt with my students....

 

[PHiuR]

I show up late to my classes all the time. My professor screwed me over on the last day of class for it...I was kind of upset, but knew why he did what he did. (Skip me on the critique)